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by Phil Nickinson
May 24, 2011
Believe it or not, folks, you're looking at the latest Android tablet/e-reader/thingy from Barnes & Noble. It's the all-new Nook -- six inches of E Ink Pearl on a Wifi-only device. It weighs ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2011
Have 11 minutes? Wanna get Hulu streaming on your hacked Nook Color (or another Android device)? Android Central Forums member Huskermaina -- who also brought us the excellent Netflix on a Nook C...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingHave a rooted and hacked Nook Color? Want to run the new Netflix app? It's as simple as changing the build.prop file, of course, to make the app think your $250 e-r...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 07, 2011
Samsung has finally announced that the Wifi only Galaxy Tab is coming, and that brings up a very interesting question we want to ask you guys. Which would you buy, the Wifi Tab, or the Nook Co...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 05, 2011
Bummed about the New York Times paywall? Have an Android-based Barnes & Noble Nook or Nook Color and already subscribe to the New York Times? Oh, happy day. You'll soon also b...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 31, 2011
Our very own Phil Nickinson has been quite a busy man, pumping out news, heading down to CTIA to bring us all the coverage, talking tablets with our sister sites, and now hitting TV. As we...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 10, 2011
The Barnes & Noble Nook Color is a great little $250 e-reader to turn into a decent little Android tablet. But maybe you went just a little too far and borked it. Or maybe you just want to g...
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by Will Shanklin
Feb 09, 2011
Just a few days after we introduced more complicated methods to install Honeycomb to the Nook Color's internal memory, the latest version of deeper-blue's Android 3.0 port is now available t...
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by Will Shanklin
Feb 09, 2011
You really have to wonder how closely Motorola has been watching the extravaganza that the development community has been having with the Nook Color. Dollars will undoubtedly flow towards ...
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by Will Shanklin
Feb 06, 2011
Have a Nook Color and wonder how much better Honeycomb would run if it didn't have to be run off of an SD card? You're in luck, because we have the instructions for installing it to your Nook's ...
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by Will Shanklin
Feb 04, 2011
With wild (and unconfirmed) rumors swirling about the future of rooting on the Nook Color, those who already have one of the modded Android tablets just got some good news: the port of the Honeycomb p...
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by Will Shanklin
Feb 03, 2011
Update: sources from Barnes & Noble have stated (unofficially) that this was merely due to a brief supply shortage of Nook Colors. It looks like this was most likely a false alarm and they'...
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by Will Shanklin
Feb 02, 2011
If you were holding off on the Honeycomb port for Nook Color because some pretty major features like sound and SD card storage weren't working, then it might be time to start downloading. T...
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by Will Shanklin
Feb 01, 2011
The Nook Color port of the Honeycomb SDK preview has been released to the public, and is now available for installation. Currently set up to run off of an SD card, the ROM (from developer deeper...
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by Will Shanklin
Jan 29, 2011
This one just keeps getting better and better. First, photos were posted of Android 3.0 Honeycomb booting on the Nook Color, then the developer posted a video of Honeycomb booting, and now a...
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by Will Shanklin
Jan 28, 2011
The turn-around time between source releases and dev community releases seems to be shrinking more and more these days. Just two days after Google released the Honeycomb SDK Preview, dev deeper-...
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by Will Shanklin
Jan 28, 2011
Nookie Froyo, the Nook Color's Android 2.2-based custom ROM, can now be flashed via ClockworkMod Recovery. Developer modembug (not the developer of the ROM) has managed to bring us a working .zi...
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by Will Shanklin
Jan 24, 2011
When it comes to eReaders, it looks like customers prefer to have a WiFi-only model. Despite Barnes & Noble's Nook product line showing all-time sales highs (thanks in no small part to the u...
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by Will Shanklin
Jan 24, 2011
On this latest episode of :That eReader does WHAT??" the Nook Color's 800MHz processor has now been overclocked to a full 1100MHz. Currently only for the rooted stock Barnes &...
Review
by Will Shanklin
Jan 23, 2011
The modding community helps a device with an identity crisis to "find itself" The Barnes & Noble Nook Color is a very unique device to review, because you're really talking ab...
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by Will Shanklin
Jan 21, 2011
Developer "cicada" (known to some by his mild-mannered alter-ego, Pat King) recently chatted with Android Central about his Nookie Froyo ROM (run off an SD card on the Nook Color)...
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by Will Shanklin
Jan 19, 2011
While the stock Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor ROM has had a custom kernel capable of overclocking the 800MHz processor for over a week now, only now has SD-card-run Nookie Froyo gotten in on the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 30, 2010
Barnes & Noble today announced that its Android-based Nook line of e-readers is "the company's biggest bestseller ever in its nearly 40-year history." That's, like, EVER. It a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 14, 2010
Good news for those of you looking longingly at your Barnes & Noble NookColor and wishing that the Android-based e-reader could one day legitimately run Android apps. An update to Android 2.2...
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by Sean Brunett
Dec 13, 2010
The Android Market can now be accessed from the Barnes & Noble NookColor. Once it was rooted last month, it was only a matter of time before the community was able to enable the tablet/e...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 21, 2010
If you've been looking to get into the Android-based e-reader game but haven't been to crazy about the price, you're starting to run out of excuses. The Barnes & Noble Nook line just got a re...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 23, 2010
Barnes & Noble's Nook Android-powered e-reader just got itself another update. Here's what's new in version 1.3: Read in Store: Just like it sounds, it gives you access to entire b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 05, 2010
Looks like the Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader's getting an update right ... about ... now! Gizmodo got slipped an internal memo that details the Version 1.2 upgrade:Improved in-store WiFi and "...
